The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective Contributor(s): Knörr, Jacqueline (Editor), Kohl, Christoph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1785330691 ISBN-13: 9781785330698 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Human Geography |
Dewey: 966.52 |
LCCN: 2015026968 |
Series: Integration and Conflict Studies |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.37 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For centuries, Africa's Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics, and various other social phenomena that have resulted. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kohl, Christoph: - Christoph Kohl is a research fellow in the research group 'The Cultural Dynamics of Political Globalisation' at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany. He was a doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), and received his Ph.D. from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2010. Knorr Jacqueline: -Jacqueline Knörr is Head of Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Extraordinary Professor at the Martin Luther University in Halle/Saale, Germany. She was brought up in Ghana and Germany and conducted extensive field research in Indonesia, West Africa and Central Europe. She has worked as Senior Lecturer, Senior Researcher, University Professor, Scientific Director, Consultant and Political Advisor. Her research and publications focus on the political anthropology of postcolonial societies, decolonization, nationalism, identity politics, ethno-linguistics, gender, and childhood. |